My Beastie - a few pics

mav · Devotee Joined: 27 Sep 2007 Posts: 72

Got my new machine just before xmas, thanks to Adrian for his most excellent handy work.
Just thought I would throw up a few pics, will get around to writing a bit of a review when I get chance....

It Goes with out saying I am Luving it!! Hurray!

Snaga · Master Venerable Joined: 17 Jul 2007 Posts: 1669

Gorgeous matey!! Is that monitor the 24" Dell?

Love the watercooling btw!!

R3pta · Master Joined: 31 Aug 2007 Posts: 607

looks amazing

dmc · Master Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 990

Hi mav

That's a Very nice rig!!!!

Any chance you could post the specs?

Adrian is also making my beast as we speak ....only 20 days left!!!

looking forward to seeing more pics and your review

See Ya

Jk · Master Ambassador Joined: 05 May 2007 Posts: 2850

It does look amazing - You will have many hours of pleasure from it Hurray!

mav · Devotee Joined: 27 Sep 2007 Posts: 72

Snaga, Yeah its the older model 24" dell (1920x1200) without the HDCP but still going strong great monitor in my opinion.....

dmc - yeah no probs see below

1 x Pioneer 112DBK DVDRW Black OEM
1 x SILVERSTONE TJ07 Black CASE (NO PSU)
1 x Blue-LED fans
1 x Plain Precise Machine-Cut Window
1 x Standard Cable Management (was upgraded to supreme Very Happy

)
1 x LiquoCool Antarctic D (CPU+VGA+Chipset)
1 x Coolermaster Real Power M850W Modular PSU
1 x ASUS Maximus Extreme (Intel X38 - 1600/1333 FSB DDR3)
1 x Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650 Extreme Retail (4x3.00GHz 1333FSB 12Mb)
1 x OCZ DDR3-1800 2x1024MB Platinum Enhanced Bandwidth Dual Channel
1 x 500Gb Samsung SpinPoint T166 HD501LJ 7200 16mb Cache SATA II
2 x 150Gb Raptor 10000 16mb E-SATA
1 x BFG Nvidia 8800GTS New OC 512Mb PCIe HDCP
1 x SONY-NEC Optiarc AD-7173A 18x DVDRW Black OEM
1 x Auzentech X-Fi PreludeGaming Sound card.
1 x Extreme Overclocking (10-50% - CPU/Memory/VGA) (NOT RECOMMENDED)
1 x Standard Build (5-15 working days)
1 x Deluxe 1 Year Collect and Return-Onsite Warranty (+1 year RTB)
1 x Vadim Computers Baseball T-Shirt (M)

dmc · Master Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 990

Hi mav

Seems evan more better now I see the stats!!!

Could I be nosey and ask what OC speed is your QX9650 at?

Thanks

DMC

Sabaoth · Master Venerable Joined: 24 Sep 2007 Posts: 1909

Awsome rig Mav! you are lucky, thats the old Dell Monitor that dosent have ghosting issue Razz

lokhup · Master Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 635

looks lovely....if you get bored with it I take it off your hands for you free of charge Laughing

Wolf · Master Despot Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Posts: 3218

Its a stunning looking machine mate, you must be delighted with it. Have you ran any benchmarks on it?

Nicholas · Innovator Joined: 01 Jun 2007 Posts: 374

I'm sooooooooo jealous Mav...... I'm feeling so left out recently.. Crying or Very sad

MB · Master Venerable Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 1196

Very nice mav "I like" Mr. Green

Snaga · Master Venerable Joined: 17 Jul 2007 Posts: 1669

Yeah, i was gonna ask for some benchmarks as well!! 3dmark 06, memory bandwidth etc..

mav · Devotee Joined: 27 Sep 2007 Posts: 72

Will post more details later when I get a chance but this is my best so far:-

stez · Innovator Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 485

Very nice mate. Very nice indeed!